When rock and roll burst onto the scene in the 1950s teenagers instantly connected with its vital, rebellious energy.
So anticipation was high when the band was booked to play George Devine's Million Dollar Ballroom at the Eagles Club on June 7, 1964 — nearly three months before the Beatles were to perform at the ...
Let's look at three early folk rock staples that helped the genre become a major player in the 1960s and 1970s cultural ...
How surprised is 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Colin Blunstone to still be recording and touring, let alone without The Zombies, the chart-topping English rock band he joined in 1961 when he ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The legacy of pioneering deejay Alan Freed is still seen and heard in the city where he coined “Rock and Roll” while working in WJW radio in 1951. “Chapter one page one is ...
Editor's note: This is a modified and updated version of a story first published in the Journal Sentinel's Green Sheet in June 2017. But the city's first rock 'n' roll riot starred an act you might ...